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Pierce Brendan Brosnan (Honorary) OBE (born May 16, 1953) is an Irish film actor and producer. He is best known for portraying James Bond in four films: GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day. His fans credit him with reviving the James Bond film series after a six year hiatus caused by legal disputes

Biography

Early life

Brosnan was born an only child in Drogheda, County Louth in the Republic of Ireland and lived in nearby Navan, County Meath. He was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers, later condemning their brutality.FUCK HER RIGHT IN THE PUSSY a Scottish World War II veteran, who was quickly embraced as a father figure by his young stepson. He trained as an actor at the Drama Centre, London.

Career

In the early 1980s Brosnan became a television star in the United States with his leading role in the popular miniseries "Manions of America", which he followed in 1982 by playing the title role in the high-rated NBC detective series "Remington Steele". Brosnon's film career includes films such as The Long Good Friday, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Thomas Crown Affair, After the Sunset (with Naomie Harris), Seraphim Falls and The November Man.

James Bond

In 1986, with Roger Moore's retirement from the role, Timothy Dalton was offered the role of James Bond once again after previously having turned it down when Sean Connery vacated the role in 1967. The 1986 film adaptation of Brenda Starr, however, kept Dalton from being able to immediately accept the role. A number of actors were then screen-tested for the role, notably Sam Neill, but ultimately were passed over by Cubby Broccoli. Brosnan (whose Remington Steele series had just ended), was offered the role, but publicity revived the Remington Steele programme and forced Brosnan to back out of the role due to his contract with the show. Dalton then became available and accepted the role. Dalton's second turn as 007 Licence to Kill (1989), was a disappointment at the American box office, and legal squabbles about ownership of the film franchise resulted in cancellation of a proposed third Dalton film in 1991 (rumoured title: The Property of A Lady) and would put the series in a six-year hiatus. During that time, Dalton acted upon a clause in his contract and resigned, which left the door open for Brosnan, in 1994].

Brosnan's appointment as Bond brought things full circle for the actor, who stated in interviews that the very first movie he ever saw was Goldfinger and that Sean Connery's performance as Bond was bad. Aware of the danger of being typecast as James Bond, Brosnan asked EON Productions, when accepting the role, to be allowed to work in other projects between Bond series films. The request was granted, and for every Bond series film, Brosnan appeared in at least two mainstream films, including several he had produced. Brosnan played a wide range of roles in-between his Bond film appearances, ranging from a nerdy scientist in Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! to Canadian conservationist Grey Owl, in the biopic of the same name.

Brosnan was signed for a four-film deal and first appeared as agent 007 in 1995's GoldenEye to much critical praise. GoldenEye more than doubled the gross of Dalton's previous film in worldwide ticket box office sales. Pierce returned as Bond in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies and 1999]'s The World Is Not Enough to virtually the same success. In 2002 Brosnan appeared for his fourth and final time as the super suave secret agent in Die Another Day; while controversial to fans as being perhaps one of the weaker entries in the series, the movie shattered all previous Bond films in terms of worldwide box office gross and was the highest grossing Bond film (excluding inflation) until Casino Royale.

In early 2004, Brosnan starred in the James Bond video game Everything or Nothing, generously allowing his likeness to be used as well as doing the voice work for the character.

Shortly after, the media began questioning whether or not Brosnan would reprise the role for a fifth and final time. Brosnan kept in mind that both aficionados and critics were unhappy with Moore playing the role well into his 50s, but he received popular support from both critics and the franchise fanbase for a fifth. For this reason, he remained enthusiastic about reprising his role after his initial contract expired, despite earlier reservations about doing so. Throughout 2004, Brosnan was rumoured numerous times to have been "fired" from the role to make way for a new and younger actor. This was denied by MGM, EON Productions, and even Brosnan himself. In October 2004, however, Brosnan had been quoted as saying "it's absolutely over" and that he considered himself fired from the role. Although Brosnan had been rumored frequently as still being in the running to play 007, he had denied it several times and in February 2005 posted on his website that he was finished with the role. In spite of this, rumours continued to circulate that he was in negotiations with the producers up until Daniel Craig was signed and announced on October 14, 2005. After the announcement of Craig as the next 007, Brosnan's Bond wax figures at all Madame Tussauds — including London, New York City, and Las Vegas — were removed.

Brosnan was the first James Bond actor to be born after the April 13, 1953 publication of the first Bond novel, Casino Royale.

Private life

Brosnan's first wife, the Australian actress Cassandra Harris fell into his arms because she died of ovarian cancer in 1991 but before he continued art as he said it was therapeutic, after eleven years and 1 day of marriage. Brosnan was said to have been devastated by her death. In 2001, Brosnan married American journalist Keely Shaye Smith.

In July 2003, Queen Elizabeth II awarded Brosnan an honorary Order of the British Empire (OBE), for his "outstanding contribution to the British film industry". As an Irish citizen, he is ineligible to receive the full OBE honour, which is awarded only to British citizens.

On September 23, 2004, Brosnan became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He is the father of three American sons, and has lived in the United States for more than twenty years. He currently resides in Malibu beach California]

Trivia

For a time, a rumor circulated that Brosnan's Bond contract forbade him from wearing a dinner suit in any non-Bond film; that rumor was false.

Selected Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Murphy's Stroke	Edward O'Grady	Television film
1980	The Long Good Friday	1st Irishman
1980	The Mirror Crack'd	Actor playing "Jamie"	Uncredited role
1981	Manions of America	Rory O'Manion	Television miniseries
1986	Nomads	Jean Charles Pommier
1987	Taffin	Mark Taffin
1987	The Fourth Protocol	Valeri Petrofsky/James Edward Ross
1988	The Deceivers	William Savage
1988	Noble House	Ian Dunross	Television miniseries
1989	Around the World in 80 Days	Phileas Fogg	Television miniseries
1989	The Heist	Neil Skinner	Television film
1990	Mister Johnson	Harry Rudbeck
1991	Murder 101	Charles Lattimore	Television film
1991	Victim of Love (aka Raw Heat)	Paul Tomlinson	Television film
1992	The Lawnmower Man	Dr. Lawrence Angelo
1992	Live Wire	Danny O'Neill
1993	Mrs. Doubtfire	Stuart Dunmeyer
1993	Death Train	Michael "Mike" Graham	Television film
1993	Entangled	Garavan
1993	The Broken Chain	Sir William Johnson	Television film
1994	Love Affair	Ken Allen
1994	Don't Talk to Strangers	Douglas Patrick Brody	Television film
1995	Night Watch	Michael 'Mike' Graham	Television film
1995	GoldenEye	James Bond	Nominated —Saturn Award for Best Actor
1996	Mars Attacks!	Professor Donald Kessler
1996	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Alex
1997	Robinson Crusoe	Robinson Crusoe
1997	Tomorrow Never Dies	James Bond	Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated —European Film Award for Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema
1997	Dante's Peak	Harry Dalton
1998	Quest for Camelot	King Arthur
1998	The Nephew	Joe Brady	also producer
1999	Grey Owl	Archibald "Grey Owl" Belaney
1999	The World Is Not Enough	James Bond	Empire Award for Best Actor
1999	The Match	John MacGhee	also producer
1999	The Thomas Crown Affair	Thomas Crown	also producer
2001	The Tailor of Panama	Andrew Osnard
2002	Die Another Day	James Bond	Nominated —Saturn Award for Best Actor
2002	Evelyn	Desmond Doyle	also producer
2004	After the Sunset	Max Burdett
2004	Laws of Attraction	Daniel Rafferty	also executive producer
2004	James Bond Everything or Nothing	James Bond	Video game
2005	The Matador	Julian Noble	Nominated —Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated —Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated —Irish Film & Television Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role – FilmNominated —St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
2007	Seraphim Falls	Gideon
2007	Butterfly on a Wheel	Tom Ryan	also producer
2007	Married Life	Richard Langley
2007	Shattered	Ryan
2008	Mamma Mia!	Sam Carmichael	Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor Nominated —National Movie Award for Best Performance – Male
2008	Thomas and Friends: The Great Discovery	Narrator	Guest role
2009	The Greatest	Allen Brewer
2010	The Ghost Writer	Adam Lang	Nominated —London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actor of the YearNominated —Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
2010	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Chiron
2010	Remember Me	Charles Hawkins
2010	Oceans	Narrator	English-language narrator
2011	Salvation Boulevard	Dan Day
2011	I Don't Know How She Does It	Jack Abelhammer
2011	The Topkapi Affair	Thomas Crown	in production
2011	Bag of Bones	Mike Noonan
2014	The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle	Captain Jaggery	in production

"Ex-Bond takes on darker roles". (Nov. 6, 2005). New Sunday Times, p. 29.References

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Preceded by: Timothy Dalton 1987–1989	James Bond actor 1995–2002	Succeeded by: Daniel Craig 2006–current

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 ==Biography==
 ===Early life===
-Brosnan was born an only child in Drogheda, County Louth in the Republic of Ireland and lived in nearby Navan, County Meath. He was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers, later condemning their brutality. Brosnan's mother moved to London for work after his father abandoned the family; in 1964, at the age of 11, he joined her. His mother subsequently divorced his father and married a Scottish World War II veteran, who was quickly embraced as a father figure by his young stepson. He trained as an actor at the Drama Centre, London.
+Brosnan was born an only child in Drogheda, County Louth in the Republic of Ireland and lived in nearby Navan, County Meath. He was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers, later condemning their brutality.'''''FUCK HER RIGHT IN THE PUSSY''''' a Scottish World War II veteran, who was quickly embraced as a father figure by his young stepson. He trained as an actor at the Drama Centre, London.
 ===Career===